Re: Thieves and Thievery: The Absolute Guide.
Lemina;1528850 said:
How lucrative is a theif on this server the only semi successful ones I've seen are at idocs
I made my first 250k with my thief. 70% was from stealing hard cash, and magic items, and selling to npc vendors since I don't have a use for any magic shit cept spears and bows.
Depending on how strong the magic on the item the more it will sell for. I keep all power and vanqs tho in the hope of one day pawning them off to some punter.
the other 30% I earned from scavenging (both literally the scavenge agent (bones/aids/arrows/bolts/empty bottles/gold/cotton/regs and picking up lesser magic items people dump at banks) and looting. On a thief you are naturally adept of criminal acts. Get good at cleaning out a corpse, aim for magic items/armor/weapons/regs/aids/pots and then anything else in that order. When you see a blue or red or whoever come near, hide. Wait for an opportune moment, or make one with the stealth skill, and slip away.
When looting, always hold down the control+shift buttons. This makes all items have a large tag which you can easily grab them in a hurry, and negates the amount confirmation gump when you click on a stackable item, great for reg looting.
Whenever you see reds roll by, hide, then slip around them and go to all the bodies they just ganked. Often they will only pause for a second to grab...god knows that from a downed body before moving on to kill the next victim, you loot their kills. Justice methinks.
Also, to maximize your effectiveness in the field, take a page from me. I have only lost one of these bags 2 times, once to server crash and once to poor placement in Del. To save time and trips, especially when you turn grey, hide a pouch behind a house or in some secluded area 2-3 screens from your hunting grounds. Then, book it there whenever you steal something, and stash it. A good thief never dies with anything lootable on him. You should always die and be a naked, empty body when you do.
Then, when the bag is full and you've had your fun, upon next death/rez when you turn true-blue, go back, get bag, and high-tail it to the bank. Also, keep a refresh pot (specially if you stun/disarm thief) and a couple orange pots for poison, you can easily run buy, hit ctrl+Shift open pouch and chug and run off without your pursuer being any the wiser.
Poison > than hiding.
I do it for the fun. Not the money.
